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Emotional Awareness: Overcoming the Obstacles to Psychological Balance and Compassion
2009, Holt & Company, Henry
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0805090215 9780805090215
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Emotional Awareness: Overcoming the Obstacles to Psychological Balance and Compassion
2008, Holt & Company, Henry
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Emotional awareness: overcoming the obstacles to psychological balance and compassion : a conversation between the Dalai Lama and Paul Ekman
2008, Times Books
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Table of Contents
Foreword / by Daniel Goleman
Introduction / by Paul Ekman
East and west
Traditions * science, religion, and truth * the filter of moods * when emotions are destructive * attachment and control * the poverty of emotional language
Emotional experience
What are emotions * obstacles to constructive emotional experiences * calming difficult people * mindfulness * the refractory period * emotional scripts
Emotional balance
Meditative practice * how high the bar * the startle and the buffer * forgiveness and responsibility
Anger, resentment, and hatred
Preparing for anger * expressing anger * the varieties of anger * the actor and the act * the relatives of anger * motivating anger
The nature of compassion
Defining compassion * compassion from an evolutionary perspective * animal intelligence * unbiased compassion * cultivating connectedness * cultivating consciousness * the balance of wisdom and compassion * empathy, intelligence, and wisdom
Global compassion
Extending the limits of compassion * releasing resentments * learning altruism * achieving emotional balance * gratitude and rejoicing * mental training gymnasiums
Personal transformation
Changing the experience of emotion * the mystery of goodness * the path of reason.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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